Job 39:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;”

Job 39:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 39:168 words

HebrewMeaning

הִקְשִׁ֣יחַhiqəšiyḥa

hardenverbH7188

בָּנֶ֣י/הָbāneyhā

sonnounH1121

afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···

לְּ/לֹאləlōʾ

erepronH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

לָ֑/הּlāh

pron

לְ/רִ֖יקləriyq

emptypronH7385

to no purpose · vain · vanity

יְגִיעָ֣/הּyəgiyʿāh

labournounH3018

work

בְּלִיbəliy

corruptionparticleH1097

ig · for lack of · where no...is · so that no ···

פָֽחַדpāḥad

dreadnounH6343

fear · great (fear · -ly feared) · terror

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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